_THE LESSON OF PATIENCE_ ‘Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and the latter rain. Be ye also patient.’ James 5:7 The patience of the Christian is... [ Continue Reading ]
_HUMAN SUFFERING AND DIVINE PITY_ ‘Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.’ James 5:11 Human suffering and Divine pity; how may these be reconciled? This is the question to which Job’s story gives an answer. I.... [ Continue Reading ]
_INTERCESSORY PRAYER_ ‘Pray one for another.’ James 5:16 Christianity brought with it a new phenomenon in the spiritual world, if such an expression be permitted, and that phenomenon was the sudden and extraordinary development of intercessory prayer. There was little of this in the old world am... [ Continue Reading ]
_PRAYER AND LIFE_ ‘The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.’ James 5:16 Prayer is at all times a subject of supreme importance—such importance that it is quite impossible to overstate its value. It is at once man’s highest duty and his greatest blessing. It follows almost na... [ Continue Reading ]
_HUMAN AGENCY IN THE SINNER’S CONVERSION TO GOD_ ‘Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.’ James 5:19 The text suggests for us... [ Continue Reading ]